Recap

Jeremy Corbyn mixed questions from the public with his own posers, which seemed to work a little better - and kept the Speaker happy.

The big moments were Anna Turley’s question on the package of help for the people made redundant by the closure of the Redcar steel plant, and the stream of questions on tax credits.

Both are sure to be a thorn in the government’s side as time goes on.

12:47

Cameron says he’ll have “every opportunity” to talk about China’s impact on our steel industry with President Xi when they meet this afternoon.

He says, with a straight face, “I don’t want to make promises I can’t keep.” - adding that he can’t set the price of steel.

12:45KEY EVENT

SSI 'care package' to be used to pay salaries and redundancy

Anna Turley, MP for Redcar, where 1200 workers lost their jobs when the SSI steel plant was mothballed last month, reveals the £80m care package the government promised to help workers into new jobs includes £30m to pay for redundancy pay.

She also produces a letter from the Northern Powerhouse minister, saying the £80m will pay for the final salaries of laid off workers. She says this is an “insult”.

She asks the PM “how much more injustice does he think the people of Teesside can endure.”

The PM says “we will do everything we can to help.”

He says they would do everything they can to help people into new jobs and to boost the local economy.

“We can’t set the world price of steel. We can’t change the fact that the SSI plant had lost £600m this year. These are the facts.”

Here’s the emotional speech made by a former SSI worker to the Labour Party conference, the morning he learned he’d lost his job.

Cameron's joke falls flat

And his claims about protecting disabled people aren’t going down well either.

12:30

Back to the Future joke klaxon

David Cameron couldn’t resist a Back to the Future joke.

While berating Jeremy Corbyn for campaigning with CND, when there used to be consensus that the nuclear deterrent was necessary, he said that many Labour MPs wished Corbyn would “get in his DeLorean and go back to 1985 and stay there.”

It fell a bit flat.

12:27

The SNP’s Anne McLaughlin notes that rates of child poverty in parts of her Glasgow constituency have hit 38.1%. She asks the PM to guarantee no child will be worse off a year from now.

He reels off a bunch of stats about benefit claimants in her area going down, but doesn’t say whether people will be better or worse off as a result.

12:23KEY EVENT

Tax credits

The SNP’s Angus Robertson follows up with a question about tax credits, asking if the PM has any idea of the human cost of the cuts.

The PM replies with a string of mitigating factors, including the increase in the tax threshold, the increase in free childcare and the cut in social rent.

The problem with his last point is that people on tax credits are quite likely to also claim housing benefit. So a reduction in social rent won’t actually make a difference to them at all.

12:20

Angus Robertson shares the disturbing story of a man who a coronor found had committed suicide after his work capability assessment.

He asked for the DWP to publish statistics on deaths in similar circumstances.

The PM replies that suicide is a “complex issue”, and he’ll look into publication.

12:18

UN investigation on disabled people's human rights

Corbyn’s final question comes from Louie, who notes that the UK is apparently under investigation by the UN for violating the human rights of disabled people.

The PM replies that the government has got tens of thousands of disabled people back into work. He says he’ll cooperate with the investigation, but that not all UN investigations “are what they seem.”

12:15

Corbyn has moved on to the Steel industry.

He says it’s time for concrete action today. There needs to be intervention to ensure the country has a viable steel industry.

Corbyn asks his own questions

Jeremy Corbyn is on his feet - and it looks like today’s questions won’t come from the public.

He opens with a question on Tax Credits, referencing Heidi Allen’s brave maiden speech, which laid into George Osborne for his tax credits raid.

The Prime Minister says the cuts are “part of a package”, which includes tax cuts and wage rises, which will make benefits affordable.

12:00

PMQs

Jeremy Corbyn is about to give David Cameron his weekly grilling at Prime Minister’s Questions. We’d be amazed if slasher Osborne’s tax credits raid didn’t come up, after the Government only avoided an embarrassing defeat in last night’s opposition day debate by a cat’s whisker.

And it being David Cameron at the despatch box, it’d be amazing if he didn’t work in some kind of Back to the Future joke at Corbyn’s expense. But what we all really want to know is whether JC has come up with today’s questions himself, or crowsourced them.

In previous weeks he’s been inundated with tens of thousands of questions ordinary members of the public have wanted to ask the Prime Minister. But speaker John Bercow seems to be getting tired of how long the crowdsourced questions are taking.

We’ll know in a few minutes’ time. Stay with us.

Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London.